Citation

Gross G. Hautarzt 1992; 43(3): 120-125.

Vernacular Title

Condylomata acuminata in der Kindheit--Hinweis fur sexuellen Missbrauch.

Affiliation

Universitäts-Hautklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1577598

Abstract

The cause of condylomata acuminata and of other anogenitally located HPV lesions in children often remains undetermined. Sexual abuse is a possible cause of HPV infection in childhood. Non-venereal transmission of HPV, such as autoinoculation and heteroinoculation from extragenital sites to genitalia, however, is much more likely in this age group. Histology and HPV typing of genital warts may provide evidence for non-venereal transmission of HPV in children. Identification of the genital HPV types HPV 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, etc. in a child is no proof of sexual abuse. Behavioural abnormalities and a carefully elicited history aid clinicians in coming to reliable conclusions and in deciding whether an HPV infection in a child is sexually transmitted and due to sexual abuse.

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